Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 2.24% or 0.3250 points to trade at 14.8050 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.54% or 0.2800 points to end at 18.5200 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.23% or 0.0380 points to 3.1280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.56% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.2280 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to end at 3.2700 and F.Rama (LS:RAMA) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 12.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.41% or 0.28 to $69.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1322.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2289, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.81.